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A long Autograph Letter Signed ‘H.Ethé’, to Dr. Reinhold Rost, discussing academic matters, libraries, Islamic studies, candidates for academic positions, etc. In German. 3 pp. 7 x 4½ inches, tipped on to old album page. Aberystwith, 12 November 1888. Hermann Ethé, editor and cataloguer. The letter is annotated by Rost: “One of the greatest authorities on Persian Literature; has compiled the Cat. rais. of Pers. MSS at Oxford & in the India Office.”